Fayette County adopts ordinance to establish cross‑connection control and backflow prevention program
The Board adopted Ordinance 2025-05, a full rewrite of Article IV of Chapter 28 establishing county authority to maintain and enforce a backflow prevention program; board vote was 4-0. The change affects residential connections 1.5 inches or larger, irrigation meters and non‑residential customers (about 7% of users).
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The Fayette County Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance 2025-05 on Nov. 13, 2025, authorizing a revised cross-connection control program that the Water System will maintain and enforce to satisfy state safe drinking water rules. The motion passed 4-0; Commissioner Charles W. Oddo seconded by Vice Chairman Edward Gibbons.
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